Chapter 19: The Jade Statue (A Chapter Was Missed Yesterday~)
In Fred's eloquent conversation, Marion and the other professionals soon realized that this little guy who didn't look very old was actually a rainforester!
According to him, part of his knowledge of the rainforest came from his late father who was a herb picker, and part of it came from Eco's careful teachings.
It was because he was so proficient in the rainforest that Omarth sent him to take over the large forces of the Legion of the Parliamentary Guard.
The knowledge of the herb collector allowed Fred to learn to identify paths and avoid monsters in the rainforest, while the alchemist's methods allowed him to create a powder pill to repel mosquitoes.
Fred's mastery of the rainforest quickly built up the confidence of the professionals, and Okasso immediately made the decision, and Fred immediately set off with them to the survivors' hideout in Jikul.
It was also at this time that Xue Hua began his solo journey.
When he did leave the group and head out into the rainforest on his own, Ocasso and Marion, two legendary professionals who had never seen his true methods, finally couldn't help but express their concern.
"Hey! Brat! If you can't, don't do it! Be careful not to get your life here! ”
"yes, Xue, it's easy to get lost here, and you've heard Frey say that it's full of demon scouts! So come with us! By the time we arrived at Ji Kuhl, we were discussing how to divide our troops! ”
Hearing the shouts coming from behind, a faint smile hung on the corner of Xue Hua's mouth.
"Don't worry about me, I dare to go forward alone, naturally I have my way, you better take care of yourself! Maybe I'll get to Jikul before you do! We're going to have to exchange information on the road! Don't forget about it! ”
"Shhhh This kid! When Ocasso heard Xue Hua's words, the corners of his mouth twitched, but the expression on his face softened.
In any case, Xue Hua's daring to go into the dangerous rainforest alone can be called "kind", and barbarians have always admired "kind" guys the most, especially orthodox barbarians like Ocasso who were born in Harlogas.
"Forget it, let him go, as he said, if he dares to step into the depths of the rainforest alone, he must have his support... Moreover, Sage Farah and the others didn't seem to be worried about him at all, so there must really be something extraordinary! ”
Marion also shook his head, nodded lightly at Frey, who looked a little worried, and motioned for him to prepare to lead the team out.
"Don't worry, Frey, that guy is very capable, and this guy is also a life-saving master, without a certain certainty, he will not take such a risk."
Seeing that Fred was still a little worried about Xue Hua's solo actions, Sosia gently reached out and touched his head, and said to him with a relieved smile on his face.
"Hmm... I understand! Then let's go! Follow me, this way! ”
Fred listened to Sothia's words, nodded with a somewhat complicated expression on his face, and soon waved his hand behind him, and disappeared into the lush trees of the rainforest with thousands of parliamentary guards.
On the other hand, Xue Hua quickly contacted the nearest secret hatchery of the swarm after breaking away from the main force, which was a huge crypt that extended downward from the roots of a large tree.
There was only one hatchery and dozens of worker bees in this secret base, and when Xue Hua found it, the worker bees were busy digging out small bugs and several other things from the wet soil and stuffing them into their mouths.
Since the evolution of the new ability of "energy storage", worker bees have now completely turned into transit locusts, which is to see what to eat, meat and vegetarian are not taboo, salty and sweet, and what tofu brain... Ahem, no, anything can be stuffed into the mouth, let alone tree root bugs, even if it's dirt, they have to eat it first, and then they will regurgitate it until all the energy in it is absorbed.
Because of this, the resource accumulation rate in Leviathan's resource pool was more than twice as fast as before, and the development rate of Zagara's main nest group was also accelerated, and correspondingly, the experience of being supplied to Xue Hua by the nascent Zerg units every day became more and more abundant.
The rainforest's beneath is now dotted with simple hatchery nests, each managed by a Mother Worm who is responsible for supporting and dispatching the Shadow Worms that infiltrate the inner side of the Demon Legion, as well as providing energy aid to the mimic chicks disguised as monster projections.
They will also become the nodes of the swarm garrison, and every time Xue Hua goes to an underground secret base, he will release a part of the swarm in the Leviathan, and then the hatchery in the Leviathan will hatch more Zerg units to replenish it.
Each of these nodes is connected by wormways, and swarm units can easily and quickly reinforce from any node to the battlefield in a large area of the western rainforest.
Moreover, at the behest of Zagara, the worm mothers here also began to build a new tunnel insect network, due to the soft underground soil of the rainforest, the tunnel worms built a channel network here very quickly, but there are a few places where the worm mothers avoided under the prompting of the monitoring king insects and node king insects, those places are the former Trivank generation and the underground of the Kurast seaport.
The Monitoring King Worm and the Node King Worm have found powerful psionic disturbance signals in these two areas, and these psionic power fields are even so strong that they are visible to the naked eye, and if the pit worm network passes through these psionic power fields, it can easily be discovered by the creatures that emit this psionic disturbance.
However, in other parts of the western rainforest, Xue Hua can now use the tunnel worm network to travel on a limited basis.
The rainforest outside of Kurast is ostensibly still under the control of the demons, but in fact, the swarm has begun to infiltrate the seemingly impregnable dam from all sides, and if this infiltration continues, the situation in the entire rainforest battlefield will soon be completely controlled by the swarm.
At that time, Kurast will become a lonely city under siege, and even if there are twice as many demon portals in it, it will not last long in this situation.
However, the information on Trivank's side was indeed somewhat unexpected by Xue Hua, and Mephisto certainly knew that the pros had obtained information about Kurast from Randall, and the Hate King seemed to be adjusting his tactical plan, using Trivank as a special node in his plan.
It's just that the purpose of this node is still unclear, and neither the Monitor King Worm nor the Node King Worm dare to focus their attention on the abandoned rainforest city of Cui Vanke, where there are very powerful creatures sitting there, and if you rush to collect information directly, it is likely to alarm it and cause some unnecessary trouble.
Xue Hua reviewed the information sent to him by the worm mother of this secret base, and then left a part of the Zerg units before leaving here.
He was about to walk a little deeper into the Spider Forest, where the demon legions seemed to be performing strange rituals, with a large number of dwarf wizards coming in and out of the cobweb-strewn underground caverns at the entrances of some of the caves, and the caves were covered with strong protective sigils to prevent prying eyes.
The swarm had sent mimic chicks and shadow bugs to infiltrate the area, but it was impossible to tell what those guys were doing from the information they had returned.
The group of dwarf wizards just danced around a strange statue on a stone platform that looked like a jade spider.
Xue Hua knew that the quest of the "Golden Bird" here in Kurast in the game could be used to find the "Jade Villain" during the expedition to exchange it for the "Golden Bird" of the ancient mage Kuya from the boatman Masifu, and then take the Golden Bird to the alchemist Eco to get a bottle of potion that increases the maximum life limit by 20 points after drinking.
But this is not a game? The boatman with the golden bird, Masif, didn't know if he managed to escape during the fall of Kurast, and even if he did, would he really have such a thing as a "golden bird" in his hands?
The most important thing is that the jade statue that Xue Hua sees now is not a "jade villain".
That's obviously a "jade spider"!